Home media server

[richardfm]

Could be a plan, might take me a while to transfer it over to YouTube but I'm resting up with a blood clot in my leg right now so I'm at a bit of a loose end. Deffo the cheapest option which is a positive.



I don't mind being slightly nerdy but probably can't commit to learning a whole new skillset. I'll have to check out the price of hardware. Raspberry Pi option seems inexpensive.



Very little clue.

JRiver runs happily on a Raspberry Pi, I have it on a 3.
Installing it and getting going is easier on Windows, unless you are already a Linux user.
You can download it and run it for a trial period to how you get on.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

I use similar functionality inside the house but rather than go for a "Media Server" I just use a NAS with file sharing and the player apps can access the server. I use a Synology NAS enabled SMB sharing (on the LAN) and use InFuse player to access the files (the same player will play through "Media Servers like Jellyfin and Plex but for me the file sharing works fine.

For me the benefit of a NAS it is also provides a backup device (for backup systems as well as manual duplicate copies of important files).

I suspect that if you want remote access then your mobile device would need to know how to find your "server" on the internet which means either a fixed IP (which most ISP will charge you for) of a DDNS (Dynamic DNS). Not complex but also once your media server is accessible from the internet you have security considerations and there are a lot of attackers out there (my personal website is under continual attack these days biggest source of attacks is from USA sources not China).

 

[Venod]

I have all my music on a NAS, easily accessible, plus it stores all my photos and videos, again easily accessed and viewable on TV, tablet, phone.

https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/stor...4U-9SbPwzzV0HCMhvnzO3SnykK0maGwhoCYcUQAvD_BwE

 

[Ming the Merciless]

or throttling your uploads if they suspect

The bandwidth required for music is in kilobytes/s. I very much doubt they would notice or care.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why not just stick all your music on your phone? It is not like it would get anywhere near the memory limits.

 

[Pblakeney]

Why not just stick all your music on your phone? It is not like it would get anywhere near the memory limits.

My music folder is 324 Gb. My photos library is 95 Gb. My videos library is 641 Gb. That's over 1 Tb.
These things can add up. 😉

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My music folder is 324 Gb

What format is it stored in? I mean, that is approx 463 full albums at CD quality.

 

[Pblakeney]

What format is it stored in? I mean, that is approx 463 full albums at CD quality.

And??? I have roughly 650 CDs, a couple of hundred vinyl records copied and countless downloads.
A quick check and I have 28,849 tracks.

 

[winjim]

Why not just stick all your music on your phone? It is not like it would get anywhere near the memory limits.

My phone's 128GB, non expandable. It's nowhere near enough. Possibly if I re-encoded everything to 128kbps 🤷‍♂️

 

[winjim]

I suspect that if you want remote access then your mobile device would need to know how to find your "server" on the internet which means either a fixed IP (which most ISP will charge you for) of a DDNS (Dynamic DNS). Not complex but also once your media server is accessible from the internet you have security considerations and there are a lot of attackers out there (my personal website is under continual attack these days biggest source of attacks is from USA sources not China).

That's where things might get more complicated than it's worth. But if it's easily accessible so I can transfer a few albums at a time to my phone, that seems like a reasonable compromise.